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News from the world of Maths

No man is an island

May 8, 2007

Economists reveal that your neighbours significantly impact on your well-being.

News from the world of maths: Mathematical form

May 3, 2007

Play the quantum lottery

April 24, 2007

How to win with quantum uncertainty

News from the world of maths: Happy birthday, Leonhard Euler!

April 16, 2007

April 16, 2007

Why do the rich and popular get richer and more popular?

Polygons in space

April 10, 2007

We may not have found life out there, but there is a hexagon on Saturn.

The Abel Prize 2007

April 2, 2007

This year's prize goes to Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan

News from the world of maths: Sad news: Paul Cohen dies

March 28, 2007

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

Maths in a minute: The axioms of probability theory

Take a quick trip to the foundations of probability theory.
The two envelopes problem solved

Here's a resolution for one of probability theory's most famous paradoxes.
The maths of randomness

Randomness is surprisingly hard to define. Fortunately the mathematical language we use to describe it is beautifully well defined.
The real numbers and Cauchy sequences

We take the real numbers for granted, but what are they really?
Arithmetic billiards

Need to find the least common multiple or greatest common divisor of two numbers? A billiard table of the right proportions holds the answers!

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